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In August 2018, the State of Kerala faced a devastating flood due to high rainfall which was the worst flood in nearly a century. There was huge loss to the assets, revenue of the State. As a result, the State of Kerala proposed for levy of additional cess in GST which was approved by the GST council in its 32^nd Council meeting held on 10^th January 2019. The council approved the proposal of State of Kerala to mobilise the revenue through levy of additional cess...

Valuation is the measurement of value on which any tax has to be paid. The typical construction contract is the composition of three components namely

• Land or an undivided portion of land in case of apartments
• Materials/goods like cement, steel etc.,
• Services like labour in construction, designing etc. 

Before GST was introduced, different indirect taxes were levied on the above mentioned three components. State government levied Stamp Duty on transfer of immovable...